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In need of improvement: archaeological evidence of river management in South-Eastern Australia 需要改进：澳大利亚东南部河流管理的考古证据

Water history Pub Date : 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.1007/s12685-024-00349-2

Susan Lawrence, Peter Davies

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New perspectives in the investigation of qanats in the central area of the Iberian Peninsula 伊比利亚半岛中部坎儿井调查的新视角

Water history Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1007/s12685-024-00346-5

E. Fernández-Tapia, Juan-Luis Bermúdez-González, J. A. Barrera-Vera, Manuel J. Carretero-Ayuso

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Water as a Disciplinary Challenge in Architectural History 水是建筑史学科的挑战

Water history Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1007/s12685-024-00342-9

Adnan Zillur Morshed

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From the head of the snake to the unity of the world: mapping blurred transitions at the Congo estuary, 1859–1880 从蛇头到世界的统一：绘制刚果河口的模糊过渡图，1859-1880 年

Water history Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1007/s12685-024-00343-8

Felix Schürmann

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Aquacritical Vistula: the deep mapping of literary sources within the emerging historiography of flooding (1934) 维斯瓦河水文学：在新兴洪水史学中深入挖掘文学资料（1934 年）

Water history Pub Date : 2024-07-03 DOI: 10.1007/s12685-024-00345-6

Anna Barcz, Monika Gromala, Paulina Wacławik

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Puddles, creeks, and drainage: connected histories of water and malaria in Zanzibar, 1910–2021 水坑、小溪和排水：1910-2021年桑给巴尔水和疟疾的相关历史

Water history Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.1007/s12685-024-00347-4

Melissa Graboyes, Judith Meta, Rhaine Clarke, Margaret Bird, L. D. McCann

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Water in Afghanistan: a modern history 阿富汗的水：现代史

Water history Pub Date : 2024-03-26 DOI: 10.1007/s12685-024-00338-5

S. Hanifi

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Exclusion and invented water scarcity: a historical perspective from colonialism to apartheid in South Africa 排斥与发明性缺水：从南非殖民主义到种族隔离的历史视角

Water history Pub Date : 2024-03-21 DOI: 10.1007/s12685-024-00339-4

Anthony Kaziboni

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Water quantities for public and private use in Pompeii 庞贝的公共和私人用水量

Water history Pub Date : 2024-02-26 DOI: 10.1007/s12685-023-00333-2

Richard Olsson